I. And it was when Mosheh had
completed to erect the tabernacle that Mosheh reasoned and judged in his heart,
and said: To Mount Sinai, whose excellency is the excellence only of an hour
and its holiness the holiness but of three days, I could not ascend till the
time that the word was spoken to me; but the excellence of this the tabernacle
of ordinance is an eternal excellency, and its holiness an everlasting holiness;
therefore is it right that I should not enter within it until the time that
I am spoken with from before the Lord. Then did the word[1]
of the Lord call unto Mosheh and the Word[2] of the Lord spake with
him from the tabernacle of ordinance saying:

[JERUSALEM
TARGUM. And it was when Mosheh had completed to erect the tabernacle to anoint
it, and sanctify it, and all its vessels, that Mosheh reasoned in his heart,
and said: Within Mount Sinai, whose majesty was the majesty of an hour, and
its holiness the holiness of an hour, I might not ascend till the time which
was bidden me from before the Lord; nor into the tabernacle of ordinance,
whose majesty is an eternal majesty, and its holiness an everlasting holiness,
is it right for me to enter till the time that I am bidden from before the
Lord. And the Word of the Lord called to Mosheh; for the Word of the Lord
was altogether with him, from the tabernacle of ordinance, saying:]

Speak
with the sons of Israel, and say to them: If a man of you,‑but not of
the rebellious worshippers of idols,‑bring an oblation before the Lord,
(it must be) from the clean cattle, from the oxen or from the sheep; but not
from the wild beasts may you offer your oblations. If his oblation be a burnt
offering of oxen, he shall bring a male unblemished to the door of the tabernacle
of ordinance, and offer him to be accepted for himself before the Lord. And
he shall lay his right hand with firmness upon the head of the sacrifice,
that it may be acceptable from him to propitiate on his behalf. And the slayer
shall kill the ox at the place of slaughter before the Lord, and the sons
of Aharon the priest shall bring the blood in vessels, and sprinkle the blood
which is in the basins round about the altar that is at the door of the tabernacle
of ordinance. And he shall take away the skin from the sacrifice, and divide
him according to his members. [JERUSALEM. And he shall skin the holocaust,
and divide him by his members.] And the sons of Aharon the priest shall put
fire upon the altar, and lay wood in order upon the fire; and the priests
the sons of Aharon shall lay the members in order and the heart and the covering
of the fat upon the wood that is on the fire upon the altar. And he shall
wash the inwards and his legs with water; and the priest shall offer the whole
upon the altar of burnt offering an oblation to be accepted with grace before
the Lord. [JERUSALEM. And he shall wash.] And if his oblation be of the flock,
whether of the lambs or of the young goats, he shall bring a male unblemished.
And the slayer shall kill it at the foot of the altar on the north side, before
the Lord, and the priests the sons of Aharon shall sprinkle the blood that
is in the basins upon the altar round about. And he shall divide it by its
members, its bead and lit's body, and the priest shall set them in order on
the wood which is upon the fire on the altar. And the inwards and his legs
he shall wash with water, and the priest shall offer the whole and burn it
at the altar of burnt sacrifice; it is an offering to be received with grace
before the Lord.

And
if his oblation before the Lord be of birds he shall bring his oblation from
the turtle doves or the young Of pigeons; but of the turtle doves he shall
bring the largest, and of the pigeons the young ones. And the priest shall
offer it upon the altar, and shall wring off its head, and burn upon the altar,
and press out its blood at the side of the altar. And he shall remove its
gullet and the contents thereof, and throw it by the eastern side of the altar
in the place where they burn the cinders. [JERUSALEM. And the priest shall
bring it to the side of the altar, and twist off its head, and lay it in order
upon the altar, and press out its blood at the bottom of the altar. And he
shall remove its ventricle with the dung, and throw it by, on the east of
the altar at the place where the cinders are emptied.] And he shall cut it
between its wings, but not to sever the wings from it; and the priest shall
burn it at the altar upon the wood which is on the fire: it is a sacrifice,
an oblation to be received with favour before the Lord. [JERUSALEM. And he
shall cut it through its wings, but not to dissever; and the priest shall
lay it in order upon the, altar, on the wood that is upon the fire.]

II.
But when a man will offer the oblation of mincha before the Lord, his oblation
shall be of flour, and he shall pour oil upon it, and put incense thereon,
and bring it to the priests the sons of Aharon; and he shall take from thence
his band full of the meal and of the best of the oil, with all the frankincense;
and the priest shall burn the goodly memorial at the altar, an oblation to
be accepted with grace before the Lord. And what remaineth of the mincha shall
be Aharon's and his sons, most holy among the oblations of the Lord. And when
thou wilt offer the oblation of a mincha of that which is baked in the oven,
it shall be cakes of flour, unleavened and mixed with oil, and wafers unleavened,
which are anointed with oil. [JERUSALEM. And wafers unleavened.] And if thy
oblation of a mincha be from the pan, it shall be of flour mingled with oil,
unleavened shall it be. He shall break it in pieces, and pour oil thereupon.
It is a mincha. [JERUSALEM. And he shall break it in pieces, and pour oil
thereon.] And if thy oblation be a mincha from the gridiron, it shall be made
of flour broiled with oil. And the mincha which bath been made with the flour
and the oil thou shalt bring in before the Lord, and the man who bringeth
it shall present it to the priest, and the priest shall take it to the altar.
And the priest shall separate from the mincha a memorial of praise, and burn
it at the altar, an oblation to be accepted with grace before the Lord. And
what remaineth of the mincha shall be for Aharon and his sons, it is most
holy among the oblations of the Lord. But no mincha which thou offerest to
the Lord shalt thou make with leaven; for neither leaven nor honey mayest
thou offer as an oblation before the Lord.

When
thou offerest an oblation of first fruits before the Lord, the bread of the
first fruits thou mayest bring leavened, and the dates in theseason of first fruits, and the fruit with its honey
thou mayest bring, and the priest may eat them; but they shall not burn them
at the altar as an oblation to be received with favour. And every oblation
of thy mincha thou shalt salt with salt; thou shalt not withhold the salt
of the covenant of thy God from thy mincha, because the twenty and four gifts
of the priests are appointed with a covenant of salt; therefore salt shalt
thou offer with all thy oblations. And if thou wilt present a mincha of first
fruits before the Lord, (ears of wheat) roasted by fire, roasted flour and
meal of barley shalt thou offer as a mincha of thy first fruits. And thou
shalt put olive oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon; it is a mincha.
And the priest shall burn its memorial of praise from the meal and from the
best of the oil, with all the frankincense, an oblation before the Lord.

III.
And if his oblation be of the sanctified victims,[3] if from thy cattle he
offer, whether male or female, he shall offer it perfect. And he shall lay
his right hand firmly on the head of his oblation, and the slayer shall kill
it at the door of the tabernacle of ordinance, and the priests the sons of
Aharon shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. And of the sanctified
victim, his oblation before the Lord, he shall offer the covering of fat which
covereth the inwards, even all the fat which is upon the inwards. And the
two kidneys, and the fat which is upon them, that is, upon the folding and
the caul that is upon the liver with the kidneys, he shall remove. And the
sons of Aharon shall offer it on the altar with the sacrifice that is on the
wood which is upon the fire, an oblation to be received with favour before
the Lord. And if his oblation of a consecrated offering before the Lord be
from the flock, whether male or female, his oblation shall be perfect. If
he present a lamb for his oblation, he shall bring it before the Lord; and
lay his right hand firmly on the head of his oblation, and the slayer shall
kill it before the tabernacle of ordinance, and the sons of Aharon shall sprinkle
its blood upon the altar round about. And of the offering of his consecrated
oblation he shall offer the best of its fat,, and remove the whole of the
tail, close to the spine, the covering of fat which covereth the inwards,
even all the fat that is upon the inwards. [JERUSALEM. And the fat and the
entire breast to the chine he shall remove, and the fat which covereth the
inwards.] And the two kidneys and the fat which is upon them, upon the foldings,
and the caul that is over the liver, together with the kidneys, he shall take
away. And the priest shall sacrifice it at the altar, the meat of an oblation
before the Lord.

And
if his oblation be from the young goats, he shall bring it before the Lord,
and lay his right hand upon its head, and the slayer shall kill it before
the tabernacle of ordinance, and the sons of Aharon shall sprinkle its, blood
upon the altar round about. And of his oblation before the Lord he shall offer
the covering of fat which covereth the inwards, even all the fat that is upon
the inwards. And the two kidneys and the fat which is upon them (and) on the
foldings, and the caul which is over the liver, along with the kidneys, he
shall take away. And the priest shall sacrifice them at the altar, the meat
of an oblation to be received with favour. All the fat (shall be offered)
before the Lord. It is an everlasting statute unto all your generations, that
neither the fat nor the blood shall be eaten in any of your dwellings, but
upon the back of the altar it shall be sacrificed unto the Name of the Lord.

IV.
And the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying: Speak with the sons of Israel, saying:
When a man hath sinned inadvertently against any of the commandments of the
Lord (in doing) what ought not to be done, and he hath done it against any
one of them: if the high priest who is consecrated with oil hath sinned,‑as
when he hath offered a sin offering for the people not according to the rite,
he shall bring for his sin a young bullock unblemished before the Lord for
a sin offering. He shall bring in the bullock to the gate of the tabernacle
of ordinance, to the presence of the Lord, and lay his right hand upon the
head of the bullock, and the slayer shall kill the bullock before the Lord.
And the high priest who is anointed with oil shall take of the blood of the
bullock, and carry it into the tabernacle of ordinance; and the priest shall
dip his fingers in the blood, and sprinkle the blood seven times in the presence
of the Lord before the veil of the sanctuary. [JERUSALEM. And the priest shall
dip his fingers, and sprinkle some of the blood seven times.] And the priest
shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense that
is before the Lord in the tabernacle of ordinance, and all the rest of the
blood of the bullock he shall pour out at the foundation of the altar of burnt
sacrifice which is at the gate of the tabernacle of ordinance. And all the
fat of the bullock of the sin offering he shall separate from him, the covering
of fat which covereth the inwards, even all the fat which is upon the inwards.
And the two kidneys, and the fat which is upon them, upon the folding, and
the caul that is upon the liver, with the kidneys, he shall remove. As it
was separated from the bullock of the consecrated sacrifice, so shall (these
things) be separated from the lambs and from the goats, and the priest shall
burn them upon the altar of burnt offering. And all the skin of the bullock,
and his flesh with his head and with his legs, and his inward parts and his
dung, the whole of the bullock he shall carry forth into a clean place without
the camp, to a place where the cinders are poured out, and shall burn him
with wood in the fire, at the place where cinders are poured out shall be
be burned.

And
if the whole congregation of Israel have erred, and the thing hath been hidden
from the sight of the congregation in doing inadvertently against one of the
commandments of the Lord what was not right to be done, and (thus) have sinned;
and the sin which they have sinned be made known to them; the congregation
shall offer a young bullock as a sin offering, and shall bring him before
the tabernacle of ordinance. And twelve of the elders of the congregation,
the counsellors (amarkelin) appointed
over the twelve tribes, shall lay their hands firmly upon the head of the
bullock, and the slayer shall kill the bullock before the Lord. And the high
priest shall carry some of the blood of the bullock into the tabernacle of
ordinance. And the priest shall dip his finger into the blood, and sprinkle
some thereof seven times in the presence of the Lord before the veil; and
he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar that is before
the Lord within the tabernacle of ordinance, and all the (residue of the)
blood he shall pour out at the foundation of the altar of burnt offering which
is at the door of the tabernacle of ordinance. And all the fat he shall separate
from him, and burn at the altar. And he shall do with the bullock as he did
with the bullock for the sin of the high priest, so shall he do with him.
And the priest shall atone for them, and it shall be forgiven them. And the
bullock shall be carried forth without the camp and be burned, as the former
bullock of the high priest was burned, that through it the sin of Israel may
be forgiven. It is a sin offering for the congregation.

At
what time the ruler of his people shall have sinned, and done against any
of the commandments of the Lord his God that which ought not to have been
done, and he hath sinned through ignorance; if his sin that he hath sinned
be made known to him, he shall bring for his oblation a kid of the goats,
a male, unblemished; and he shall lay his right band firmly upon the bead
of the goat, and the slayer shall kill him at the place of the sacrifice of
the burnt offering before the Lord. It is a sin offering. And the priest shall
take of the blood of the sin offering upon his finger, and put it on the horns
of the altar of burnt sacrifice, and be shall pour out the blood at the foundation
of the altar of burnt sacrifice. And all the fat he shall burn at the altar,
as was the fat of the sanctified oblations; and the priest shall atone for
him on account of his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.

And
if a man of the people of the land sin through ignorance in doing (against)
one of the commandments of the Lord what was not right to do, and he hath
sinned; if his sin that he hath sinned be made known to him, he shall bring
for his oblation an unblemished female of the goats for the sin that he hath
sinned; and he shall lay his right hand on the head of the sin offering and
kill the sin offering at the place of burnt sacrifice; and the priest shall
take of the blood with his fingers and put it on the horns of the altar of
burnt sacrifice, and pour out all the blood at the foundation of the altar.
And he shall remove all her fat, as the fat of the consecrated sacrifices
was taken off, and the priest shall burn it at the altar, to be received with
acceptance before the Lord; and the priest shall atone for him, and he shall
be forgiven.

But
if he bring a lamb as his offering for sin, he shall bring a female, unblemished;
and lay his right hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill it as an
oblation for sin, at the place of burnt sacrifice. And the priest shall take
of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the horns of the altar of
burnt sacrifice, and pour out all the blood at the foundation of the altar.
And all the fat he shall remove, as the fat of the lamb of the sanctified
victims was removed, and the priest shall burn it at the altar with the oblations
of the Lord, and the priest shall make atonement for him on account of the
sin that he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.

V.
When a man shall have sinned, and heard the voice of the oath of execration,
or have been himself a witness, or shall have seen that cue of the world hath
transgressed against the words of an oath, or shall have known that his companion
hath sworn or imprecated vainly, if he show it not, he shall bear his sin.
Or if a man touch anything, unclean, whether the carcase of an unclean beast,
or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of an unclean reptile, and
it be hidden from him, and he, being unclean, shall touch any consecrated
thing, he is guilty. Or if he touch the uncleanness of a man, even whatever
uncleanness that defileth him, and it be hidden from him, and he touch anything
consecrated, after that it is discovered by him, and he knoweth that he is
defiled and not clean, he shall be guilty. Or if a man shall swear to make
declaration with his lips to do evil or good [JERUSALEM. To do evil or good]
upon any matter upon which a man may affirm, whether of the present or the
future, that he can make declaration by oath, and he falsify therein, and
it be hidden from him, but afterward it be discovered to him and he know that
he hath falsified, and he repent not; though he hath become guilty in any
one of these, if he shall have (thus) sinned in any one of these four things,
but afterwards repent, he shall make confession of the sin by which be hath
sinned. And he shall bring the oblation of his trespass offering to the Presence
of the Lord for the sin that he hath sinned, a female lamb of the flock, or
a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall atone for him
(that he may be absolved) from his sin. But if his hand find not sufficiency
to bring a lamb, let him bring, as an offering for the trespass that he hath
committed, two large turtle doves or two young pigeons before the Lord; one
for a sin offering, and one for a burnt sacrifice. And he shall bring them
to the priest, who shall offer that which he may choose for the sin offering
first: and lie shall wring its head near to the spine, but not separate its
head from the neck; and he shall sprinkle some of the blood upon the side
of the altar, and pour out the remainder of the blood at the foot of the altar:
it is a sin offering. And of the second bird he shall make a burnt sacrifice,
according to the rite with the bird which he bad chosen for the sin offering,
and not according to the rite for the bullock, or the lamb, or the young goat.
And the priest shall expiate him from the sin that he hath sinned, and it
shall be forgiven him. But if his hand find not sufficiency to bring two large
turtle doves or two young pigeons, let him bring as an oblation for sin a
tenth part of three sein of flour for a sin offering; but let him not put
oil thereon nor frankincense, for it is a sin offering. And he shall bring
it to the priest, and the priest shall take a handful for a commendable memorial
thereof, and burn it at the altar with the oblations of the Lord: it is a
sin offering. And the priest shall atone for his sin that he hath sinned,
and it shall be forgiven him. And the remainder shall be a mincha to the priest.

And
the Lordspake with Mosheh, saying:
When a man falsifieth with falsity and sinneth, though with inadvertence,
in making misuse of the holy things of the Lord, he shall bring the oblation
for his trespass to the presence of the Lord, an unblemished ram from the
flock, with an estimation in silver according to the value of the holy thing
which hath been misappropriated, in shekels, after the shekels of the sanctuary,
for a trespass offering. And the misuse of the holy thing by which he sinned,
(the perversion of what was) sanctified, he shall make good, and shall add
the fifth of its value unto it, and bring it to the priest who shall atone
for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.

If
a man sin, and do against any one of all the commandments of the Lord that
which is not right to do, though he knew it not, he hath sinned, and shall
bear his guilt; but (when he hath discovered it), let him bring a ram unblemished
from the flock according to his estimation for a trespass offering unto the
priest; and the priest shall atone for him for the ignorance with which he
erred ignorantly and sinned, and it shall be forgiven him. It is an oblation
for trespass. Whosoever hath become guilty, a trespass oblation let him bring,
an oblation for trespass unto the Name of the Lord, for the sin that he hath
sinned.

VI. And the Lord spake with Mosheh,
saying: When a man sinneth and falsifieth with falsehoods unto the Name of
the Word of the Lord, or denieth to his neighbour the deposit which hath been
deposited with him, whether in partnership of hands, or by rapine, or reckless
dealing with his neighbour; [JERUSALEM. Or shall be contumacious (or slanderous)
with his neighbour;] or if he find a thing that hath been lost and denieth
it, and sweareth falsely about any one of all these by which a mail in doing
them shall become guilty, he who shall thus transgress, and sin, and swear,
shall restore what he hath robbed with robbery or injured by injury, or the
deposit that was deposited with him, or the lost thing which he had found,
or whatsoever about which he had sworn with falsehood, he shall make good
in the capital, and shall add a fifth of its value thereto, and deliver it
to its owner on the day that he maketh penance for his sin. And he shall bring
an oblation for his trespass to the presence of the Lord; a male unblemished
from the flock, according to its estimation for the trespass, (shall he bring)
unto the priest. And the priest shall atone for him before the Lord, and it
shall be forgiven him concerning any one of all these which he may have done
and become guilty.